University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Education

’20 Global Health Certificate student travels the world for research

Emily Perez is an Undergraduate Global Health Certificate student.

UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health: Native American Center for Health Professions receives $1M grant renewal for student recruitment, support

The UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health center will once again be the recipient of a competitive national grant to recruit American Indian and Alaska Native students into the field of medicine.

The climate crisis will profoundly affect the health of every child alive today, report says

GHI Director Jonathan Patz spoke with CNN about climate change and the newly published Lancet report.

2020 Global Health Symposium explores many paths toward health and well-being

The Symposium has been postponed in a campus-wide decision to protect everyone's safety during the coronavirus outbreak. Watch this page for further updates.

UW–Madison signs Second Nature Resilience Commitment

Following on the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s recent STARS silver rating for campus sustainability, Chancellor Rebecca Blank has announced that UW–Madison will sign the Resilience Commitment administered by Second Nature. Chancellor Blank made her announcement at the Climate Fast Forward Conference in Madison on Nov. 8, 2019. Resilience refers to the ability of institutions, infrastructure and …

Advancing science through strong relationships

Henry Anderson, who established a GHI graduate student research award, believes in service, building relationships.

’13 Global Health Grad helps with Project Peanut Butter

  Kristin Kohlmann has a passion for keeping children healthy and well-fed. And to make it happen, she found the perfect partner with Project Peanut Butter, a nonprofit that works to treat the most extreme form of malnutrition in children in Sub-Saharan Africa. Kohlmann first connected with Project Peanut Butter in 2016 while working for Washington …

Patz elected to National Academy of Medicine

Jonathan Patz, M.D., MPH, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine in recognition of his pioneering research on the connections between climate change and human health. Patz, the John P. Holton Chair of Health and the Environment with faculty appointments in the Nelson Institute …

UW-Madison named platinum-level Bicycle Friendly University

The University of Wisconsin–Madison is one of only eight institutions honored as a platinum-level Bicycle Friendly University. The award is the highest given by the League of American Bicyclists, the oldest advocacy organization for people who bike.

Sundaram Gunasekaran honored with IAEF Lifetime Achievement Award

Sundaram Gunasekaran, professor of biological systems engineering and a member of the Global Health Institute Advisory Committee, has been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Association for Engineering and Food (IAEF).